A duck is recovering Tuesday after it was found with an arrow through its bill. Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was alerted to the duck’s plight by a Salem resident who saw it near a pond over the last couple of days with what appeared to be a bolt from a crossbow stuck in its beak. The duck was captured on Tuesday and the arrow was removed.”Sometimes it’s accidental. Sometimes it’s on purpose. It was another rescue where we both ended up jumping in the water, but we couldn’t leave him there like this,” Newhouse rescuers posted. The duck is expected to make a full recovery. It will be released back to pond where it was found, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue said.
CHELMSFORD, Mass. —
A duck is recovering Tuesday after it was found with an arrow through its bill.
Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was alerted to the duck’s plight by a Salem resident who saw it near a pond over the last couple of days with what appeared to be a bolt from a crossbow stuck in its beak.
The duck was captured on Tuesday and the arrow was removed.
“Sometimes it’s accidental. Sometimes it’s on purpose. It was another rescue where we both ended up jumping in the water, but we couldn’t leave him there like this,” Newhouse rescuers posted.
The duck is expected to make a full recovery. It will be released back to pond where it was found, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue said.
Steven Mark Salowsky, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue
Arrow removed from duck’s bill